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Bernie Wrightson

At the 2006 Dallas Comic Con.
Photo by Corey Bond.
BornOctober 27, 1948
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller; Inker; Painter
Pseudonym(s)Berni Wrightson

Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American artist known for his horror illustrations and comic books. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience An illustration is a visualization such as a Drawing, Painting, Photograph or other work of Art that stresses subject more than A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative

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Biography

He received training in art from reading comics, particularly those of EC, as well as through a correspondence course from the Famous Artists School. Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American Publisher of Comic books specializing in Crime fiction, Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the Pedagogy and Andragogy, technology and instructional systems design Famous Artists School has offered correspondence courses in Art since it was founded in 1948 in Westport, Connecticut, U

In 1966, Wrightson began working for The Baltimore Sun newspaper as an illustrator. The Baltimore Sun (officially just The Sun) is Maryland ’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides comprehensive coverage For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. The following year, after meeting artist Frank Frazetta at a comic-book convention in New York City, he was inspired to produce his own stories. Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is an American fantasy and Science fiction Artist, noted for his Buck Rogers A fan convention, or con, is an event in which fans of a particular TV show, Comic book, or Actor, or an entire style of entertainment The City of New York In 1968, he showed copies of his sequential art to DC Comics editor Dick Giordano and was given a freelance assignment. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Dick Giordano (born Richard Joseph Giordano on July 20, 1932) is an American Comic book Artist and editor Wrightson began spelling his name "Berni" in his professional work to distinguish himself from an Olympic diver named Bernie Wrightson, but later restored the final E to his name. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island.

His first professional comic work appeared in House of Mystery #179 in 1968. The House of Mystery is the name of several horror-mystery-suspense anthology comic book series He continued to work on a variety of mystery and anthology titles for both DC and its principal rival, Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc In 1971, with writer Len Wein, Wrightson co-created the muck creature Swamp Thing for DC. Len Wein (born June 12, 1948) is an American Comic book Writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy He also co-created Destiny, later to become famous in the work of Neil Gaiman. Destiny is a DC Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Bernie Wrightson, first appearing in Weird Mystery Tales Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and

Wrightson had originally been asked by DC to handle the art for its revival of The Shadow, but he left the project early on when he realized he could not produce the necessary minimum number of pages on time.

By 1974. he had left DC to work at Warren Publishing, for whose black-and-white horror-comics magazines he produced a series of original work as well as adaptations of stories by H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Warren Publishing was an American Magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic,

In 1975, Wrightson joined with fellow artists Jeff Jones, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor-Smith to form The Studio, a shared loft in Manhattan where the group would pursue creative products outside the constraints of comic book commercialism. Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm Barry Windsor-Smith, also known as Barry Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British Comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has The Studio was the name of a small artists' loft commune formed in 1975 by four comic book artists/fine illustrator/painters in Manhattan 's Chelsea district Though he continued to produce sequential art, Wrightson at this time began producing artwork for numerous posters, prints, calendars, and even coloring books.

Wrightson spent seven years drawing approximately 50 detailed pen-and-ink illustrations to accompany an edition of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, which the artist considers among his most personal work. Mary Shelley ( Née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley

Wrightson drew the poster for the Stephen King-penned horror film Creepshow, as well as illustrating the comic book adaptation of the film. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Tagline General information Stephen King's Creepshow is a 1982 anthology Horror movie directed by George A This led to several other collaborations with King, including illustrations for the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" and the restored edition of King's apocalyptic horror epic, The Stand. Cycle of the Werewolf is a 1983 horror novella by Stephen King, featuring illustrations by renowned comic book artist Bernie Wrightson. The Stand is a Post-apocalyptic horror / Science fiction Novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978

Wrightson has contributed album covers for a number of bands, including Meat Loaf. Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician

The "Captain Sternn" segment of the animated film Heavy Metal is based on a character created by Wrightson. Captain Lincoln F Sternn is an American Comic book character first published in Heavy Metal Magazine during the 1980s Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian Animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal

He did production design for the characters the Reavers in the 2005 film Serenity [1]. Reavers are a fictional group of humans in the television series Firefly and the movie Serenity who live on the fringes of civilized space and Serenity is a 2005 space western Film written and directed by Joss Whedon.

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Berni Wrightson on editing the magazine Web of Horror [2]:

"That was done by a guy named Richard Sproul out in Long Island. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches His company, Major Magazines, put out Cracked magazine. This article is about the defunct American magazine For the Scottish television series see Cracked (TV series Cracked is a discontinued . . . A fellow named Terry Bisson tracked down me, Mike Kaluta, and Jeff Jones, and presented us with a proposal to do this black-and-white horror magazine in competition with Creepy. Terry Ballantine Bisson (born February 12, 1942, Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American Science fiction and Fantasy Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm . . . Bisson (who was writing blurb copy for romance magazines when I first met him) left after the third issue under very mysterious circumstances — and the running of the whole magazine, for some reason, fell into [writer-artist] Bruce Jones' and my laps (and I can't remember if Terry said, 'Here, you guys take over the editorial', or if we volunteered). Bruce Jones, whose Pen names include Philip Roland and Bruce Elliot, is an American Comic book Writer, Novelist Bruce and I put together the whole fourth issue, which had already been assigned. We were working at home! We had to take this incredibly long trip to get [to Major Magazines] — Bruce lived in Flushing at the time and from there we took a train to the end of the line and from there we had to take two buses and then walk about 10 blocks to get to the office! It was an all-day thing and we finally get out to the office. Flushing, founded in 1645 is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, ten miles (16 km east of Manhattan . . . and the place was empty. All the desks, all the filing cabinets, everything, was gone! . . . [W]e never learned where the guy went and what happened to him. We had all this stuff for the fourth issue and we were planning issues five and six — Bruce and I were going to take over the magazine and make it like Creepy or EC Comics — but they just left! . . . Whatever had been turned in already, they took with them. I don't think anybody got paid for anything — and Bruce and I took a bath on it".

Selected bibliography

Comics

Magazines

Books

Portfolios


Awards

Wrightson won the Shazam Award for Best Penciller (Dramatic Division) in 1972 and 1973 for Swamp Thing, the Shazam Award for Best Individual Story (Dramatic) in 1972 for Swamp Thing #1 (with Len Wein). The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy Starfox (real name Eros) is a Fictional Superhero in Marvel Comics ' Shared universe, the Marvel Universe. Tagline General information Stephen King's Creepshow is a 1982 anthology Horror movie directed by George A Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics WARNING Please see the talk page before adding controversial content to this article IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works is an American Comic book company. creep Creepy was an American horror - Comics Magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Warren Publishing was an American Magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Bernie Wrightson's edition of Frankenstein was first published in 1983 under the Marvel imprint and then again in 1995 under an actual novel-book Mary Shelley ( Née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August Cycle of the Werewolf is a 1983 horror novella by Stephen King, featuring illustrations by renowned comic book artist Bernie Wrightson. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Barry Smith is the name of Barry Smith (ontologist (born 1952 an ontologist at the University at Buffalo The State University of New York Barry Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm The Stand is a Post-apocalyptic horror / Science fiction Novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978 Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero The Stand is a Post-apocalyptic horror / Science fiction Novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978 The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy Len Wein (born June 12, 1948) is an American Comic book Writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics

He has received additional nominations, including for the Shazam Award for Best Inker in 1973 for Swamp Thing, as well as that year's Shazam for Best Individual Story, for "A Clockwork Horror" in Swamp Thing #6 (with Len Wein). The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the Comic book industry analog of such groups as the He won the Shazam Award for Best Penciller (Dramatic Division) in 1974.

Wrightson received the H. P. Lovecraft Award (also known as the "Howie") at the 2007 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon. [3]

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